I been kicking this around for a while, and I've decided to open up debate on the topic of "How would you reboot an old series for today's market?". Every so often, we'll discuss a dated cartoon series, and brainstorm on how to update it.
I'll open with this:
Over the weekend, I watched a fantastically terrible series called Ring Raiders, a series so bad that the show was cancelled after the five pilot episodes, the tie-in comic died after six issues, and the toyline they were based on lasted only a year or so. Yes, that bad.
And yet, the series concept had so much potential that was utterly wasted; it was about two paramilitary air forces, the heroic Ring Raiders and the villanous Skull Squadron, who used time machines to recruit the best fighter pilots from the past, present and future to do battle with each other, for the fate of the world.
Here are my own initial considerations, in no particular organisation:
Firstly, the first two episodes should be a two-parter, where the 'Rookie protaganist' is introduced in the first episode, shows his stuff and then is recruited into the Ring Raiders; episode two sees him brought to the RR base, brought up to speed on why he was recruited, and then flies his first battle against Skull Squadron in his old plane. The end of the episode sees him fully inducted into the Raiders. The next few episodes are world building ones, as 'Rookie' learns the ropes on his new plane and settles in.
Secondly, make the characters, even the villains, realistic in appearance. No beating the bad guys with the Ugly Stick, just so they look like villains.
Furthermore, make <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMguVxjSkx0' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>the Opening Theme</a> more expositionary than the original.
I'm sure there's many, many more things I haven't thought of. Now then, as they say on the show "The Command is in your Hand, TFF"; how would you reboot it?
I'll open with this:
Over the weekend, I watched a fantastically terrible series called Ring Raiders, a series so bad that the show was cancelled after the five pilot episodes, the tie-in comic died after six issues, and the toyline they were based on lasted only a year or so. Yes, that bad.
And yet, the series concept had so much potential that was utterly wasted; it was about two paramilitary air forces, the heroic Ring Raiders and the villanous Skull Squadron, who used time machines to recruit the best fighter pilots from the past, present and future to do battle with each other, for the fate of the world.
Here are my own initial considerations, in no particular organisation:
Firstly, the first two episodes should be a two-parter, where the 'Rookie protaganist' is introduced in the first episode, shows his stuff and then is recruited into the Ring Raiders; episode two sees him brought to the RR base, brought up to speed on why he was recruited, and then flies his first battle against Skull Squadron in his old plane. The end of the episode sees him fully inducted into the Raiders. The next few episodes are world building ones, as 'Rookie' learns the ropes on his new plane and settles in.
Secondly, make the characters, even the villains, realistic in appearance. No beating the bad guys with the Ugly Stick, just so they look like villains.
Furthermore, make <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMguVxjSkx0' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>the Opening Theme</a> more expositionary than the original.
I'm sure there's many, many more things I haven't thought of. Now then, as they say on the show "The Command is in your Hand, TFF"; how would you reboot it?